ALEX AIONO RELEASES NEW SINGLE, “BIG MISTAKE”

AIONO TO HOST AND PERFORM AT ARTHUR ASHE KIDS DAY TOMORROW, AUGUST 25

24 AUGUST 2018 (TORONTO, ON) – Alex Aiono today released his new single, “Big Mistake” on Interscope Records/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. The song, a firsthand account of a relationship gone awry, showcases the songwriting and vocal skills Aiono’s fans know and love. “Big Mistake” is available now at all digital retailers and streaming services.

Aiono states, “’Big Mistake’ is opening up the next chapter of my career on many levels. I pretty much spent the past two years touring the world, and since have been in the studio writing and recording for this moment. Right before I turned 22, and just as I put my passport on my dresser, I got into my first deep relationship, one that I thought was deeper than it really was. This song ended up writing itself, because as it turned out, the relationship was a big mistake.”

Aiono will debut the song live for the first time this weekend at the 2018 Arthur Ashe Kids Day in Flushing, Queens. He is also returning for the second year as host of the annual event. The Arthur Ashe Kids Day is the largest single-day, grassroots tennis and entertainment event in the world, with chart-topping music acts and today’s best tennis players coming together to celebrate tennis legend and humanitarian Arthur Ashe. Proceeds from Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day benefit the USTA Foundation which helps fund the National Junior Tennis & Learning Network (NJTL), a nationwide group of more than 500 nonprofit youth-development organizations that provide free or low-cost tennis, education and life-skills programming to more than 225,000 children each year, founded 49 years ago by Arthur Ashe, along with Charlie Pasarell and Sheridan Snyder.

By the time he was 19, Arizona raised singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Alex Aiono had already started amassing a following of millions creating his own “flipped” versions of popular songs from a one bedroom apartment he shared with his family of six. Revealing soulful vocals, effortless charisma, and flawless production skills, Aiono’s viral take on Drake’s “One Dance” exploded--receiving over 64 million views-- but the clip only hints at the scope of the young artist’s talents. Discovered after busking on the Santa Monica Promenade at age 15, Aiono quickly found himself in the studio with singer John Legend, who co-wrote the title track on his 2013 debut EP, Young & Foolish. Committed to increasing his fans while sharing his own creative journey, Alex has been consistently releasing new songs since he first started recording, collaborating with everyone from Gryffn to T-Pain to DJ Felix Jaehn (with whom he had his first #1 with “Hot 2 Touch” in Germany), introducing fans to original music before embarking on his latest sold out winter 2018 North American Feels Like Tour. With over 780 million YouTube views to date, the now 22-year-old consistently engages a social media following of 5.8 million YouTube subscribers, 2.3 million Facebook followers, 2.4 million Instagram followers, and 515 thousand Twitter followers. Aiono is currently working on his debut full length album to be released via Interscope Records.